Pectoral Fin Injury

[RainboWBacoN420]

Hey there,
So last week, I picked up six neon tetras, they're currently in quarantine right now, but I've noticed one of them swimming a little oddly. I think he has some injury to his left pectoral fin. Doesn't look all that bad, he just can't balance himself up right all the way. For the most part he's fine, he's eating, shoaling with the others and doesn't seem to have that much trouble getting around.
But there's nothing I can really do is there? 
I thought I'd give him a week to heal but he's still kind of swimming oddly, so I thought I'd take it up with the forums. Any advice or anything, or should I just leave him about his business as long as he's still struttin'. 

 

[WILDER]

Could of been caught roughly at the LFS,
Just make sure there no white,grey, brown, pink, or red fluffy edging to the fin.
Does he look abit bloated?

 

[RainboWBacoN420]

No, doesn't appear to be bloated. And I really can't see or can't tell if there is any coloring on the fin. These guys are still tiny younglins so their fins are really difficult to observe, especially since they move around every nano second.

 

[WILDER]

There hard to see when there mature. I kept neons so I know what you mean.
Just keep a close eye on the damaged fin that its not showing signs of infection.
 But easily said then done with neons.
 
Do you have a good magnifying glass to take a closer look?

 

[RainboWBacoN420]

I have five neons in my 55, who have gotten pretty large... their fins aren't as hard to see, mainly because they're used to me and don't get scared and run off at the slightest movements I make.
 
But these new ones, as friendly as I have become with them, they're still always ready to dart off. I'll try to move closer to get a better look and they scurry away until I move still again.

 

[WILDER]

Females with there little plump bellies.
I was closer to my Black Neons, Harlequins. When they paired up the male would hardly ever
leave there side.
My Neon Tetra hardly shoaled once they got used to there surroundings. Which was a shame.
Probably not stressed which is good.
 
If any changes get back to the board.
Good Luck.

 

[RainboWBacoN420]

Usually, after everyone's done eating they have the little bumps on their bellies.
 
It's actually amazing to me that my six neons are already used to me after just one week. For them, I went really slowly and calmly as possible, and I think that paid off. Like just last night, there were some pellets stuck to the glass, and i wiped them off with my finger and placed them inside the tank while they were eating, and to my surprise they actually ate the pellets off my finger!
I can't even get the five neons in my 55 to do that, and I've had those guys for like eight months now.

 

[Far_King]

Like Wilder says, I'd just keep a close eye on the fella and make sure there's no additional problems that arise from it.  He may have been nipped by one of the others as tetras can be prone to do at times.  As long as he's shoaling and feeding he'll probably be ok and the fin should return to normal if he's left alone.

 

[NickAu]

If you have a digital camera take a close up photo, I do that with my Betta, Makes it easy to examine a fish, as long as you can get it to sit still long enough to take the photo.

 

[RainboWBacoN420]

That's a good idea, I can probably borrow my brother's camera, it's really high quality, the thing is, the lighting in the quarantine isn't that good at all. It's just one 15 watt incandescent bulb just to give enough light to observe the fish. But I'll see what I can do, he seems to still be doing alright.